{"id":1736052,"date":"2022-11-12T09:08:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T14:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1736052"},"modified":"2022-11-12T09:17:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T14:17:59","slug":"lauren-boebert-moves-further-ahead-of-democrat-challenger-in-close-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lauren-boebert-moves-further-ahead-of-democrat-challenger-in-close-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Boebert Moves Further Ahead of Democrat Challenger in Close Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flauren-boebert-moves-further-ahead-of-democrat-challenger-in-close-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1736052&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Republican\u00a0Rep. Lauren Boebert (CO) slightly padded her lead against\u00a0Democrat\u00a0<span class=\"first\">Adam<\/span> Frisch in an unexpectedly tight race to represent Colorado\u2019s Third Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">The congresswoman added a couple of hundred votes to her lead by Friday after taking the lead Thursday midday.\u00a0Boebert <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.npr.org\/election-results-live-2022\/#\/states\/CO\/H\">led<\/a> with 1,122 votes and 50.17 percent of the vote, with 99 percent reported, by 12:30 p.m. eastern.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_22587058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-11-at-12.39.20-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22587058\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-11-at-12.39.20-PM.png\" alt=\"Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has taken a slight lead in Colorado\u2019s Third Congressional District (NPR\/AP)\" width=\"842\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has taken a slight lead in Colorado\u2019s Third Congressional District (NPR\/AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As Breitbart News noted Thursday,\u00a0Boebert \u2014 who is running for a second term in Congress in the\u00a0Centennial State \u2014 took a slight lead in the race\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/11\/10\/colorado-republican-lauren-boebert-leads-in-tight-congressional-race\/\">Thursday morning<\/a>\u00a0after trailing by\u00a064 votes Thursday morning; however, she has since extended her lead.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Frisch, a local businessman who\u00a0served on the Aspen City Council, was also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/10\/14\/republican-lauren-boebert-calls-democrat-adam-frisch-withdraw-race-after-blackmail-story\/\">accused<\/a>\u00a0in recent weeks of being\u00a0the target of a blackmail attempt concerning surveillance footage of him showing up to a storage unit facility where a local business owner alleged he was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/10\/13\/exclusive-business-owner-admits-to-blackmailing-aspen-democrat-congressional-candidate-adam-frisch-with-surveillance-footage-and-alleged-storage-unit-affair\/\">caught<\/a> having an affair.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22348078\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1422682030.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22348078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1422682030.png\" alt=\"Democrat House Candidate Adam Frisch listens to incumbent U.S. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert during a debate at Colorado Mesa University as part of The Club 20 political conference on September 10, 2022 in Grand Junction, Colorado. (Photo by RJ Sangosti\/MediaNews Group\/The Denver Post via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Democrat House Candidate Adam Frisch listens to incumbent U.S. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert during a debate at Colorado Mesa University as part of The Club 20 political conference on September 10, 2022 in Grand Junction, Colorado. (RJ Sangosti\/MediaNews Group\/The Denver Post via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even though Boebert has taken the lead with one percent vote left to be counted,\u00a0a recount could be triggered if the\u00a0final margin is\u00a0less than or equal to half a percentage point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">\u201cIf neither candidate gains a wide enough margin, election officials might not declare an official winner in the race for weeks, depending on how the process plays out,\u201d the\u00a0<em>Denver Post\u2019s<\/em> Conrad Swanson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2022\/11\/10\/lauren-boebert-colorado-election-results-adam-frisch-recount-possible\/\">explained<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cNot only would a slim margin of victory trigger an automatic recount but either candidate can also request a recount so long as they\u2019re willing to pay for it. The process could then extend into December.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The current margin as of Friday\u00a012:30 p.m. Eastern was only 0.34 percent.<\/p>\n<p>On Election Day, when the\u00a0votes started being tallied,\u00a0Frisch took a commanding lead, which Boebert later narrowed before taking the lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">The Democrat, who appears to be hoping military and overseas ballots will put him back over the top, said in a statement,\u00a0\u201cEveryone in this district deserves to have their voice heard, regardless of political affiliation, and I am confident that each and every valid ballot will be counted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn particular, we must honor and respect those who serve our country by ensuring that every military ballot is taken into account,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Boebert took the lead on Thursday, the congresswoman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenboebert\/status\/1590758982011846656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1590758982011846656%7Ctwgr%5E4f3777b3f7e24e986d414cf0c0b620633efd4b83%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2022%2F11%2F10%2Fcolorado-republican-lauren-boebert-leads-in-tight-congressional-race%2F\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201cWinning!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. Write to him at <\/i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:jbliss@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\"><i>jbliss@breitbart.com<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0or follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\"><i>@JacobMBliss<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican\u00a0Rep. Lauren Boebert (CO) slightly padded her lead against\u00a0Democrat\u00a0Adam Frisch in an unexpectedly tight race to represent Colorado\u2019s Third Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. The congresswoman added<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1736055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1736052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1736052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1736055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1736052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1736052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1736052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}